Go (South by South)West, Gov 2.0!

As in prior years,South by Southwest (SXSW, or just SX for initiates) is crowdsourcing their panel selection, and as in prior years, there is a host of Gov 2.0-related offerings.  Of the 3,123 proposals this year, 82 have been tagged as "Government or Citizen Engagement."  Those tagged include presentations on law, coding, public participation, open government/innovation, and news from the nexus of politics, technology, and social media.

OMB Guidance: What Is a Program?

Earlier this Spring, Senator Tom Coburn grilled an OMB witness at a hearing about why OMB had not yet implemented a provision in the GPRA Modernization Act requiring the creation of a government-wide inventory of all existing programs.  He pointed to a list developed by the Department of Education and wondered why this was not done by every agency in government.

OMB Guidance: Prepare to SOAR

Agencies will have to put this new approach in place over the next two years.

A New Federal Performance Framework

requests for fiscal year 2014, which is called OMB Circular A-11.

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